I love the movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, so naturally I adore the soundtrack from this musical as well. I remember seeing this in the theaters when it came out, and I went on multiple occasions. Dick Van Dyke stars, and he shows such zest, and tenderness, …

Daily Routine is a song by Animal Collective and the fifth track on their record Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with an introduction that starts off gradual and then builds incredibly abruptly, the vocals violently enter the track with a melody which surprisingly doesn’t flow very well at all …

Hank Jones: Sweet Dreams was the second CD released in recent years by the entertainer. Jones actually spends most all of his time now in the field of genealogy, where he’s written many notable books. Before that took center stage for him, though, he was an actor …

Mo Thugs Family Scriptures is the first and probably best Mo Thugs album to ever be released. This album features Krayzie and Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs N Harmony. I really enjoyed this album. The beats and music sounds very powerful as well as mystical. Mo Thug Family Scriptures …

I am a preschool teacher and my preschoolers love The Learning Station’s “Tony Chestnut and Fun time Action Songs CD”. These preschoolers love dancing and singing to the great songs that are on this CD, plus it is a great way for them to burn off some of …

Sweet song, this is; Don’t Forget To Remember Me by Carrie Underwood. I enjoyed myself listening to this song pretty much each time and when I watch the music video, I know understand why Carrie was chosen by the judges or rather, the viewers out there in American Idol. …

Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden, but aside that he has also made a name for himself as a Solo Artists over the years releasing many powerful and unique metal albums, similar in sound to his band, Iron Maiden, but different in a sense of originality …

Kiss n tell is a song from Kesha’s new album, animal. She wrote this song about her ex-boyfriend, who cheated on her with a famous female pop-star. The pop star was never named.This song is a real club mix song. When I listening to this song I see bright …

Reason to Believe is a song about someone being so in love with someone else that he wants to believe in that person no matter how many lies they have told nor how much the other person breaks their heart. Rod Stewart has several versions of the song, every …

“Inner Self” is a Sepultura song that appears on their breakthrough album “Beneath The Remains” This happens to be the second track on the album. It really starts off slow, but there are plenty of parts where the pace changes and it repeats going back to a slower tempo …

Road House was an action adventure film from the late 1980’s which starred Patrick Swayze as a philosophical bouncer named Dalton. This review focuses on the musical soundtrack for this Zen-like movie.
I’ll start with my favorite tracks, which naturally are the two songs which Swayze sings. Both …

Memories is a song by Weezer which appears on their album Hurley. Oddly, the song opens up with an abstract sounding intro before going into the rest of the track which carries the very characteristic Weezer power pop sound. The intro personally seemed a bit disjointed from the rest …

I heard the song “Nobody” on the radio and loved its unique style. It was a mix of rock and reggae with a catchy chorus and a great beat. Unfortunately, it seems the Skindred may end up a one-hit wonder because the rest of the CD is …

It was probably back in 2000 or 2001 that I first saw the Black Eyed Peas on VH1. It was a video where they were all getting blown onto this glass or plastic and the camera was behind it. So it lucked like they were in some kind of …

Little Ghost is a song by The White Stripes which appears on their album Get Behind Me Satan. The track opens up with a simple rhythm which features some outside instrumentation and also has the vocals join in the track pretty much immediately as well. What I like immediately …

Wasting My Hate is a song by Metallica which appears on the first half of their double record Load/Reload. The track opens up with a clean guitar riff before Hetfield comes in with an effect on his voice with a tone that makes him sound somewhat distant. The song …

This is a review for GHS Electric Boomers guitar strings. These have been around since 1964 and have been a standard in the industry. The great thing about these is the price and consistency of the strings. I’ve been through every brand of string you could imagine and I’m …

Aaliyah
“4 Page Letter”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Daniel Pearl
Aaliyah’s brother, Rashad, came up with the concept behind the video for this song, “4 Page Letter”. The video takes place deep within a forest-type setting where Aaliyah is first seen observing a male dancer in the middle of the forest. Next …

Longer is a song originally sang by Dan Fogelberg. I may say that the song is wonderfully written and truly inspiring. I have never heard anyone else gave a rendition of this song except David Archuleta.
David Archuleta is a runner-up in American Idol 2008. In the final performance night, …

I was a big fan of Selena Gomez when I was like 10-14 years old. I always saw her as Miley Cyrus’ rival during those days, coming from Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place.
I loved some of her songs when she was called “Selena Gomez and the Scene”; …

The magical music of Andrew Lloyd Webber is a 3CD exclusive edition featuring 42 classic tracks from no other than of course Andrew Webber himself. I bought this CD in one of HMV outlet store in London back in 2007 but I couldn’t remember anymore the exact …

I kind of like Will Young. And he has proved his talent in Let It Go by Will Young. I do think that he has such a great voice and he is also someone whom could write his own materials and that includes songs. Awesome, right. …

Forest is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second studio effort, Toxicity. The track opens up with a somewhat chaotic sounding section before Malakian comes in with an extremely heavy riff on guitar. The verse sort of follows a pattern of having this extremely …

The first time I heard this song was at an open air food court while having supper with a friend. I liked it a lot, and after that I went straight to get an MP3 copy of it from the Internet, burnt it into a CD and have been …

Too Much Blood is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Undercover. The track opens up with a distinct drum rhythm along with a steady bass line and even a brass section as well. Thus far the track has a very funk like feel to …

Hate Train is a song by Metallica which was recently debuted at one of their 30th anniversary shows in San Francisco, California. Although the song has not officially appeared on an EP or an LP thus far, the studio version has been released and is expected to appear on …

“Plush” is to date The Stone Temple Pilots biggest hit. Although it appears as the second single released from their 1992 debut album “Core”, it happens to be the bands most notable song. That’s saying a lot considering the bands decently long career and all the heckling and criticism …

Switchfoot is a fairly new indie band that is emerging quite well in my area. I do not know if the rest of the country, or the world, for that matter, are aware of Switchfoot, but I really like this band and see them as a great up and …

For those of you whom are unfamiliar with Jerry Cantrell, he is not only the lead guitarist for Alice in Chains, but plays a humongous role in voicing most of the songs also. Although Layne Staley (bless his heart) was the main vocalist for the group, Cantrell played a …

I am not usually a fan of bands which ’scream’ in a sense, but Cradle of Filth shined a new light on the subject of ‘Black Metal’ for me and actually are responsible for bringing me in depth and in detail as a fan of the Black Metal Genre. …

Talkin’ —˜Bout You is a cover performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Out Of Our Heads. The track starts off with a nice blues-rock sounding riff before going into the main rhythm of the track which certainly continues this blues-rock feel as it’s paced with …

Chop Suey is a song by System Of A Down which is one of their more well known tracks from their second studio effort, Toxicity. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar riff played by Malakian before a lead distorted guitar comes in as well along with an …

Dusk And Her Embrace is Cradle of Filth’s second album released in 1996 on Music For Nations. Most of the album is Vampire themed, the vocals are nearly impossible to understand anyway though. The last track features Cronos from the band Venom. There was a limited edition version of …

So, I was transitioning moving from one house into another. As I was packing the things from my room into boxes preparing for the move, I stumbled across one of the few original CDs I have ever bought: “Country Grammar” by Nelly. This is one of my favourite albums …

I’ve never heard of Chris Daughtry nor his band Daughtry. But when I heard the song ‘Home’, I came to appreciate his music.
Then, there was a radio station which played ‘Over You’. Upon hearing that music, I admired Chris Daughtry’s music all the more.
The way Chris Daughtry interprets the …

Stick with you is one of the Pussycat Dolls’s song that has a low melodic tempo if usually Pussycat dolls is known as the energic of every song, so do with their move in dance, in ’stick with you’ Pussycat Dolls explore the soft side of the girl.
The lyrics …

Overview - Crown Of Creation, Jefferson Airplane’s fourth effort, is primarily a pretty upbeat record with both energetic and melodic songs. The album features vocal performances by Slick, Balin, Kaukonen, and Kantner so it’s a very
nice mix whether they’re singing alone, which is good, or whether they’re singing together, …

KRS ONE is a great rapper who really taught young people what hip hop is all about. He taught us that it’s not all about money or how hardcore you are. It’s about expressing yourself and helping make the world a better place through music. I think that he had …

This album was released back in 1999, and is one of my favourite Albums done by the Aussie band. The boys had started being in a band back in 1994 when they were young teenagers and has had a few heavier hard rocking albums before this one. I find …

I got this bass as my first instrument. All i can say is wow. it is beautiful. It is simple and perfect for learning on. The structural integrity of this bass is so amazing for how cheap it was. Its great for a beginner that trying to figure out …

Thanks for the mmrs by fall out boy is a song about a guy having a one night stand with a girl and thanking her for the memories. That pretty much sums up the whole song for you. This song is on their cd from under the cork tree. …

The song It Stops Today has become my signature song and it is sung by one of my favorite singers, Colbie Caillat. I first heard this song after a break up and it spoke volumes as to where I was in my life. I had always depended on others …

Lynch By Inch is the latest album released by the bay area rap legend Brotha Lynch Hung. This album is different than his previous albums. I think this album is a bit more depressing and emotional than theother albums he put out in the past Season of da Siccness was …

So the Old Kids On The Block are back, and I am just as excited about it as any woman in their late twenties up to the forties. I figured it was time to review the song, You Got It (The right stuff), the right way.
The Right Stuff grabs …

Gyptian is a reggae artist who seems new on the scene but he really isn’t that new, he has been doing a lot of collaborations but he recently released his first single with the name entitled “Beautiful Lady.”
I first heard this song on the local radio airwaves and it …

Written for the ‘Philadelphia’ soundtrack, the song ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ became one of The Boss’s most popular post 80’s hit singles and won four Grammy Awards as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
‘Streets of Philadelphia’ coincides with the movie ‘Philadelphia’, which features Tom Hanks as attorney …

Dyers Eve has to be one of Metallica’s most aggressive and angry songs, not just on Justice but on any of their nine records. For those of you who heard Master Of Puppets, if for some reason then you haven’t then go listen to it now, you’ll recognize that …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 11″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
We’ve had a somewhat successful and mostly borderline interesting ten chapters so far in this series. And so begins Chapter 11 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” series. We have a protagonist, his brother in law, a policeman, his …

Bassists look for the same things when they buy a bass guitar: beefy tone, comfortable feel, great versatility, and of course, a killer look! I had all of these things in mind when I went searching for a new bass guitar. I have recently become busy with …